Improvement in adjustable seat foe carriages



@uitrit gisten getraut @frn `JAMES FLEMING, or PniLADELPHiA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNoR To GARD- Nnn AND rLnMiNe, or SAME PLAGE.

Letters' Patent No. 76,428, dated April 7, 1868.

IMPRVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE SEAT FOR GARRIAGES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONRN:

Be it known thatl, JAMES FLEMING, of Philadelphia.,- Pennsylvania, have invented um Improvement in .Adjustable Seats for Vehicles; and I do hereby declrefthe following to be a full, clear, and'cxact description bf the Sant;

My invention consists oi`A a seat constructed and applied to a vehicle, substantially as described hereafter, so that the said seat may either be securely fastened ih the' position required to accommodate the driver, or may be adjusted in a position adjacent to the dasher-board when' ti front seat is not needethor to atl'ord afree passage to or from the vehicle.

In order to enable others skilledin the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this specification, and in whichl Figures 1 and 2 are sectional elevations of .the body of a carriage with my improved adjustable seat,- and.

Figure' 3 a transverse section. l

A is the body-of a. carriage, tc the inner side of cach side-piece B ot' which-is secured a metal plate, D. 'lo each plate D isjointed the lower end of an arm, E, through an opening, in whiehextends a curv'ed guide, a, attached to the plate D; and on the outer side of the guide are two shoulders, c e', ivhich limit the movements of the arm E, as fully described hereafter. Each arm is jointed at its upper end to a plate, F, secured to the under side of a seat, Gr;4 and through an opening in the arm, near its outer end, extends a. curved guide, b, attached to the plate F, and on the inner side of which are two shoulders, e e. To the inner side o t each arm E is Secured one Lend of .a dat spring, d, a pin, z', on which projects through an opening in thc arm, and is adapted to openings m 11, in the adjacent guide b; `and through slots in the upper ends of thesprings pass iiexible bandsf, the inner ends of' which are secured to a lever, H, hung to the under side of the seat Gr, the said lever having an art-no, t, extending towards thc front ot' the seat, as shown in figs. 2 and 3.

When thc seat is-in the proper position te accommodate the drivcr, the arms E rest against the shoulders c oi' the guides a, and the's'noulders e of the guides b bear against the arms, as shown in dotted linesZ lig. 1, the seat G occupying a horizontal position, in which it is iirmly locked by the pins t' projecting into the openings n in the guides b. I

It' it is not desired to use the seat G, or when a free passage to and from the vehicle is required, the bands j' are drawn inwards, by operating the lever H, so as to drawback the springs CZ and remove the pins t' from the openings n. The seat is then turned until the shoulders c strike the arms E, and is at the same time carried forward towards the dashcr-bonrd until thc arms E are brought against the shoulders c of the guides a, as shown in Eg.' 2. When thus adjusted, the scat is secured by the pins z', which, as the openings m are brought opposite the same, are forced, by the springer?, into the said openings; the scat being thus maintained'in horizontal position, lso as to scrve as a reccptaclefor baggage or as a scatter-children.

It will be seen that the arms and guides may be secured to vehicles and seats of the ordinary construetion without making any alterations in the same, and with but -little labor,vand at a. comparatively slight cost,

j Although I prefer that the guides should extend through openings in the arms, tliey may each occupy a l position at thc side of one of the arms; and, if desired, other devices for locking thc seat after adjustment may be substituted for the spring-catches described.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- '.lhe scat G, hung to arms EE hinged to the body of a vehicle, in combination with guides or plates having stops c c', c c,'a11dsecured' to the body of the vehicle and to the seat, so that the seat is rctainedjn its horizontal position both when 'adjusted to accommodate the driver and when adjacent to the .dashcr-board, as

described. v

In testimony whereof, I have signed. my name to this specification in the prcsenoeot' two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES FLEMING.

'Witnessesz JOHN Wilnis, W. J. R. DnLANY. 

